"How's it going today?"

"It's still the same, the Dai Army still doesn't fight, but today I met a patrol of the Dai Army, and we had a small battle, killing about fifty of them, and our side also suffered thirty-seven casualties."

"It's been more than ten days, but no matter how we challenge, the Dai Jun just won't fight with us, it's just like this, and I'm spending it with us, I really don't know what the Dai Jun is going to do."

"I think the purpose of the Dai army is actually very simple, because now that we have occupied Jijing, the Dai army is not sure of defeating us, so it is to hold on to us, waiting for a breakthrough on the Jingcheng line, so that we have to go back to the army to rescue the Jingcheng line, so that the Dai army will have a chance."

Yang Duanhe nodded and said, "General Wang, you have a point, but there has been no news on the Jingcheng front line for more than ten days, and I don't know how the war is going over there, but the last time we received the news, the Dai army has marched in two ways, approaching the Jingcheng Fortress, so the situation on the Jingcheng front line is probably not optimistic." ”

Wang Ben said: "General, please rest assured, the terrain of Jingcheng is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, General Meng has sent troops from Handan to help, now there are nearly 200,000 defenders, and there are 50,000 reserve troops in Handan, so it is not difficult to defend Jingcheng, it is not difficult for the army to capture Jingcheng, as long as Jingcheng is not lost, then it is difficult for the army to advance an inch. ”

Yang Duanhe said: "What General Wang said makes sense, but although Jing Cheng can be worry-free for the time being, he is now facing a two-way attack from the Dai Army, and the chief general of the Dai Army, Gao Yuan, is proficient in the art of war and uses soldiers like a god, so if you want to defeat the Dai Army, I am afraid that it is not easy." I'm afraid this battle will be protracted, but this time the materials prepared by our Qin army are only enough to support six to eight months, and now more than three months have passed. ”

Although Wang Ben faintly felt that with the ability to use troops on the plateau, it was unlikely to adopt this kind of long-term attrition tactics, because compared with the Qin State, Daijun was too small, although after several years of recuperation, Daijun had accumulated a lot of wealth and materials, and the ability to support the war in the short term was indeed stronger than the current Qin State, but in the long run, whether it was compared with national strength, manpower, or material resources, Daijun could not be compared with Qin, even if Qin was lost this time, the losses caused to Daijun were actually much stricter than Qin. Gao Yuan would not fail to see this, so it was unlikely that he would adopt this tactic of long-term attrition with the Qin State.

But Wang Ben couldn't think of any good way on the plateau, but judging from the current situation, the Qin State really couldn't consume the Dai County, so Wang Ben said: "What the general said is that if it continues to be consumed for a long time like this, it is really not good for our Qin army, and we should fight a decisive battle with the Dai army as soon as possible, and strive to defeat the Dai army in one battle." ”

Yang Duanhe smiled bitterly and said: "I also want to fight a decisive battle with the Dai Army as soon as possible, but the Dai Army can't hold on now, if we storm the Dai Army's camp, I'm afraid there will be too many casualties, which is also not good for our army." ”

Wang Ben said: "There is a way for the last general to arrive, the last general will lead five thousand cavalry troops, bypass the camp of the Dai army, kill into the territory of Shanggu County, burn and loot, and make the momentum as big as possible, and after the Dai army learns about it, he will definitely withdraw the army to rescue, so that the general will send troops to attack the camp of the Dai army, and he is expected to win." ”

Yang Duanhe pondered for a while, and was about to speak, when he saw the curtain lifted, and a guard came in and said, "Report to the two generals, General Feng Qingfeng, who is stationed in Jijing, is outside the camp and asks to see the two generals." ”

After hearing this, the two couldn't help but be surprised, because both of them knew that Feng Qing was the chief general of the Qin army stationed at the south gate of Jijing, why did he come to the front line? Even if Wang Jian sent someone to the front-line camp, he would not send Feng Qinglai, but someone else. Therefore, when Feng Qing arrived, he said that something must have happened on Jijing's side, so the two did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the guards to invite Feng Qing.

After a while, I saw Feng Qing's helmet crooked, the dust on his face, the dust and sweat, dried into patches of spots, it looked very wolfish, and before the two of them could speak, Feng Qing said: "General Yang, General Wang, Jijing is lost." ”

Yang Duanhe and Wang Ben couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, although the two estimated that Feng Qing had arrived, saying that something must have happened to Jijing, but the two never thought that Jijing would be lost.

Therefore, Yang Duanhe immediately asked, "How did Jijing lose?" ”

Feng Qing then told the story of the Dai army's night attack on Jijing.

It turned out that Feng Qing was stationed outside the southern city of Jijing, and after learning that there was a war in Jijing City, he was about to bring troops into the city to rescue, but at this time, his camp was also raided by the Dai army, and was defeated, Feng Qing had to lead the remnants of the army to abandon the camp and flee in the wilderness. Originally, Feng Qing wanted to go around to Beicheng, join the garrison outside Beicheng, and then fight with the Dai Army, but when Feng Qing arrived at Beicheng, he found that the big camp in Beicheng was also attacked by the Dai Army, not only was the big camp broken, but even the main general was killed.

Feng Qing only realized at this time that this time the army raided Jijing, it will not be a small number of troops, the number of people is probably not under the Qin army stationed in Jijing, Jijing has actually gone by the general trend, and Wang Jian is in Jijing City, I am afraid it is also more auspicious, if he leads this remnant army into the city, it is estimated that he will also be buried in the city, so Feng Qing thought about it, and finally decided to give up Jijing, rushed to the Qin army camp on the front line to report the news, only from the front line to send troops back to help, in order to recapture Jijing, so Feng Qing immediately collected some remnants of Long, and then led the remnants of the defeated army to rush to the Qin army camp of Yang Duanhe and Wang Ben.

After listening to Feng Qing's speech, Yang Duanhe and Wang Ben looked at each other, and the two couldn't figure out how the Dai army bypassed the Qin army and raided Jijing, Yang Duanzhi asked again: "How many men and horses are there in the Dai army, how could they suddenly kill Jijing?" ”

And Wang Ben asked, "What about the general?" If Xue Jing is lost, then where is the general now? ”

Feng Qingdao: "How many people are there in the Dai Army, how could they suddenly kill Jijing?" The last general is not clear, and the whereabouts of General Wang are also unknown. ”

Wang Ben couldn't help but be furious, and said: "You are the chief general of the Qin army stationed in Jijing, you were defeated by the Dai army, and fled here, but you don't even know the reality of the Dai army, and you don't even care about the general. ”

Feng Qing couldn't help but protest: "General Wang, although the last general is stationed in Jijing, he has always been stationed outside the city and has not been stationed in the city, and the acting army attacked Jijing at night, and the last general and the camp in the north city were all broken by the acting army and could not enter, so they rushed to report to the two generals, and the last general naturally didn't know what the situation in the city was, and how dare he talk nonsense and coax the two generals." ”

Yang Duanhe hurriedly said: "General Wang, you can't be in a hurry, the general has been in a hundred battles and has been in battle for a long time, so he will be fine." Let's calmly discuss how to rescue Jijing. ”

In fact, Yang Duanhe knows very well in his heart that if Feng Qing's words are correct, then Wang Jian is probably really fierce, and Feng Qing really has no responsibility, he is just stationed outside the city, so the responsibility for Jijing's loss is really no wonder to him, at most it is only joint and several responsibility, but Yang Duanhe can also understand Wang Ben's heart, after all, it is related to his father and children, so it is inevitable that there will be some gaffes, so he has to speak and persuade him, but even he feels that he has no bottom in his heart.

Although Wang Ben was anxious in his heart, he was not a person who did not understand things, and after listening to Yang Duanhe's words, he also realized that he had indeed gone too far just now, so he had to avoid suppressing the anger in his heart, and said, "What should we do now?" ”

Yang Duanhe pondered for a while before he said: "This matter is very important, once it spreads, the army's morale will be chaotic, so this news must be tightly sealed and not spread outside." He turned his head to Feng Qing and said: "General Feng, it is the people you brought, you must strictly abide by the news, and only say to the outside world that you are on the orders of the general to come to the camp to handle official business, and after your men and horses enter the camp, they will be stationed alone, and try not to contact other soldiers." ”

Wang Ben and Feng Qing both nodded, of course both of them knew that Jijing was the rear stronghold of the Qin army, and the Qin army's grain and grass materials, military equipment, were all provided by Jijing, once Jijing was lost, the Qin army could only hold out for more than ten days at most, so once the news of the loss of Jijing came out, the Qin army would inevitably be shaken and chaotic without a fight.

Yang Duanhe said again: "Don't hesitate now, we must do our best to recapture Jijing, but once we withdraw the army, the Dai army will definitely enter later, so we must leave a group of men and horses here to block the Dai army, General Wang, we will divide the troops tomorrow, you take half of the army, go back to the army to rescue Jijing, I will take the rest of the men and horses, stay here to resist the Dai army." ”

Wang Ben also knew that although Yang Duanhe's Jian Yì was suspected of dispersing troops, but at this time, it could only be like this, there was no other way, Bi Jing still had sixty or seventy thousand Dai troops here, once the Qin army all withdrew, it would be strange if the Dai army did not chase and kill them? At that time, the Qin army was in turmoil, and there was no food and grass to back up, so there was no need to fight at all, as long as it took more than ten days, the Qin army would be in chaos without a fight. As for whether half of the troops could recapture Jijing, or resist the enemy and live in the Dai army, neither of them was sure, so they could only take one step at a time, because neither of them was willing to give up Jijing and withdraw directly back to the south bank of Yishui.

Therefore, Wang Ben also nodded, and said: "But tomorrow I will leave the camp with the troops, and I can't say to the remaining army that I will return to Jijing, just say that I will rotate the army, I will take the men and horses to go first, and the additional men and horses will come in a few days." ”

Yang Duanhe said: "This can only be the case, General Wang, early tomorrow morning, you will lead 20,000 troops to set off, the later army, as well as equipment and materials, I will dispatch later, General Feng, tomorrow you will also set off with General Wang." ”

After resting for the night, early the next morning, Wang Ben and Feng Qing were about to bid farewell to Yang Duanhe and mobilize their troops to set off, but at this moment the soldiers came to report to them that a representative army was outside the camp to challenge the Qin army.